Ironing board attachment



March 11, 1952 M. THOMPSQN 2,588,897

IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT Filed Dec. 27, 1949 Patented Mar. 11, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT Morris Thompson, Eau Claire, Wis.

Application December 27, 1949, Serial No. 135 ,107

- 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sling to be suspended from an ironing board for the purpose of catching articles of clothing that have accidentally fallen from the ironing board.

An object of this invention is to provide a a sling including a novel means for quickly and easily assembling and disassembling the sling on an ironing board.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide an ironing board attachment for preventing clothes from dropping to the floor comprising a sling and means for detachably suspending said sling from the board, said sling including a pair of sleeves, said means including a pair of wires each having a forward portion received in one of said sleeves, a rearwardly, upwardly and inwardly inclined portion integral with said forward portion, a plate interconnecting said inclined portions and adapted to overlie the board, and hook members carried by said inclined portions adapted to grip the rear portions of the side edges of the board.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of the invention which will later become apparent as the following description proceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of which has been illustrated, by way of example only, in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the attachment shown positioned on an ironing board;

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the attachment per se; 7

Figure 3 is a sectional view on an enlarged scale taken substantially on the plane of section line 3-3 of Figure l; and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the rear portion of the attachment and illustrating the gripping means thereof.

Specific reference will now be made to the drawings. In the several views, in the accompanying drawings and in the following specification, similar reference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

Indicated generally at I is a conventional ironing board having a tapered front end l2 and a straight rear end M, the board being supported on the conventional foldable legs l6. The attachment of the instant invention is generally indicated at 18 and constitutes a sling to be suspended from the ironing board in such a manner that articles will be prevented from falling off the board and bdropping to the floor.

The attachment comprises a sling 20 which is substantially rectangular in shape and which is fabricated of any suitable material but preferably canvas. The longitudinal edges of thesling are provided with sleeves 22 and 24.

The means for readily and detachably assembling the sling upon the board to assume the position shown in Figure 1 comprises thefollowing elements. A pair of rods 26 and 28 are provided each including a relatively long forward portion 30 slidably received in the respective sleeves 22 and 24 of the sling 20. Integral with the forward portion 30 is a rearwardly, upwardly and inwardly inclined portion 32 which includes a horizontal portion 34 that extends substantially parallel to the forward portion 30. The free end of the horizontal portion is provided with an L-shaped hook member 35. The horizontal portions 34 are rotatably received in sleeve members 38 at the ends of a substantially flat plate 40 which is adapted "to overlie the ironing board adjacent the rear end [4 thereof.

In use, the sling 20 is positioned upon the forward portion 30 of the rods 25 and 28, the rear edge of the sling being made to engage the rods 26 and 28 at the juncture of the forward portion 30 with the rearwardly inclined portions 32 so that the sling can be retained on the rods with relative security. The plate 40 is then positioned transversely across the board I!) adjacent the rear end I l thereof and the rods 26 and 28 are rotated inwardly relative to the longitudinal edges of the ironing board so that the bottom horizontal legs of the L-shaped hooks 36 will grippingly engage the under surface of the ironing board adjacent the rear end l4 thereof, as shown clearly in Figures 3 and 4. It will be understood that the width of the sling is such that in cooperation with the rearwardly, upwardly and inwardly inclined rod portions 32, the sling will extend some distance beyond the longitudinal edges of the ironing board Hi to provide a proper shield in the event that articles fall from the ironing board not only off the front tapered portion I2 thereof but from the longitudinal edges. Also, the dimensions of the forward portions 30 and the rearwardly inclined portions 32 of the rods 26 and 28 are such that the sling will extend from the point of intersection of the foldable legs IE to a short distance beyond the tapered end portion I2 of the ironing board, as shown clearly in Figure 1.

In view of; the foregoing description taken in coniunctioni with the accompanying drawings,

this art. A more detailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, the same is susceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of the invention as herein described within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the claimed as new is:

An ironing board attachment for preventing clothes from dropping to the floor comprising an elongated sling and means for detachably suspending said sling from the board, said sling including a pair of sleeves at the opposite edges thereof, said means including a pair of wires each having a forward horizontal portion received in one of said sleeves, a rearwardly, upwardly and inwardly inclined portion integral invention, what is with said forward'portion, and a horizontal rear portion integral with saidinclined portion and REFERENCES orrED The following references are of record in the V file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 734,941 Pierce July 28, 1903 2,084,075 Beach et al June 15, 1937 2,247,177 Rueping et a1. June 24, 1941 2,486,628 Baker "n." Nov.. 1 1949 Tiegs July 11;; 19.50 

